Thrill word meaning and definition

[noun] something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel"
[noun] an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
[noun] the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for kicks"
[verb] feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
[verb] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
[verb] tremble convulsively
[verb] cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"

\Thrill\ (thr[i^]l), n. [See {Trill}.] A warbling; a trill.
\Thrill\, n. [AS. [thorn]yrel an aperture. See {Thrill}, v. t.] A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
\Thrill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thrilling}.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian, Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. [root]53. See {Through}, and cf. {Drill} to bore, {Nostril}, {Trill} to trickle.] 1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. --Spenser. 2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate. To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak. Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold. The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. --Spenser. 3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood.
\Thrill\, v. i. 1. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. --Shak. 2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body. To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. --Shak.
\Thrill\, n. 1. A drill. See 3d {Drill}, 1. 2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. --Burns.

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